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In the case of the sex-linked trait hemophilia, which of the following would have been impossible?
a carrier mother passed the gene on to her son.
a hemophiliac father passed the gene on to his daughter.
a carrier mother passed the gene on to her daughter.
a hemophiliac father passed the gene on to his son.

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